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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Adding a Basic Form Checking the Request Method

SOOJIN HA
SOOJIN HA
9,696 Points
Posted by SOOJIN HA
SOOJIN HA
9,696 Points

How to change $page title when the form is submitted..?

Hi,

I found that when I submit the form, the h1 tag ("suggest a media item") remains the same. So I tried to change it to "thank you!" making $pageTitle variable to vary based on the conditional. But it doesn't seem to work.

Below is the code I worked.

<?php if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { $name = $_POST["name"]; $email = $_POST["email"]; $details = $_POST["details"]; $pageTitle = "Thank you!"; $section = null; //To Do: Send Email header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks"); } else { $pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item"; $section = "suggest"; } include("inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class="section page"> <div class="wrapper"> <h1><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></h1> <?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) && $_GET['status'] == "thanks") { echo "<p>Thanks for the email! I’ll check out your suggestion shortly!</p>"; } else { ?>

    <p>If you think there is something I&rsquo;m missing, let me know! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>
    <form method="post" action="suggest.php">
        <table>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Name</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="name" name="name" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="email">Email</label></th>
            <td><input type="text" id="email" name="email" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th><label for="name">Suggest Item Details</label></th>
            <td><textarea name="details" id="details"></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <input type="submit" value="Send" />
    </form>
    <?php } ?>
</div>

</div> </div>

<?php include("inc/footer.php"); ?>

2 Answers

Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points 
<?php

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){    //when the form is submitted
   $pageTitle = "My New Title!";   //do this
}
?>
Colby Work
Colby Work
20,422 Points

couldn't get it to work with request_method, but checking GET['status'] worked:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['status'])) {
  $pageTitle = "Suggestion Recieved!";
}
else {
  $pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item";
}
?>
Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points
Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points

You also need to change the <h1> tag from "Suggest a media item" to $pageTitle.

From:

<h1>Suggest a Media Item</h1>

To this:

<?php echo "<h1>$pageTitle</h1>" ?>